GNU tar NEWS - User visible changes.
Copyright 1994, 1995-1998, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-version 1.12.64016 - Paul Eggert, 1999-07-01.
+version 1.13 - Paul Eggert, 1999-07-02.
* Support for large files, e.g. files larger than 2 GB on many 32-bit hosts.
Also, support for larger uids, device ids, etc.
-* Many bug fixes.
-* This release is intended only as a bugfix release. A more ambitious version,
- with new features, is also available as part of paxutils. Please see:
+* Many bug fixes and porting fixes.
+* This release is only for fixes. A more ambitious test release,
+ with new features, is available as part of the paxutils. Please see:
http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/contrib/paxutils/
- The bug fixes in this release are intended to be merged with paxutils
- at some point, but they haven't been merged as of this writing.
-
+ The fixes in this release are intended to be merged with paxutils
+ at some point, but they haven't been merged yet.
+* An interim GNU tar alpha had new --bzip2 and --ending-file options,
+ but they have been removed to maintain compatibility with paxutils.
+ Please try --use=bzip2 instead of --bzip2.
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Version 1.12 - François Pinard, 1997-04.